A Comparative Study of Ways of Thinking in Medieval Japanese Buddhism

• Project/Area Number: 24520096
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: History of thought
• Research Institution: International Research Center for Japanese Studies
• Principal Investigator: SUEKI FUMIHIKO 国際日本文化研究センター, 研究部, 教授 (90114511)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): ABE Yasuro 名古屋大学, 文学研究科, 教授 (60193009) ; SHIBA Haruhide 大正大学, 文学部, 教授 (90338591)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2014)
• Budget Amount: ¥4,810,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,110,000); Fiscal Year 2014: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000); Fiscal Year 2013: ¥1,820,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥420,000); Fiscal Year 2012: ¥1,690,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥390,000)
• Keywords: 仏教 / 日本中世 / 比較思想 / 浄土思想 / 京都学派 / 世界哲学会議 / 中日仏学会議 / ベルナール・フォール / 近代仏教 / 真福寺 / 密教

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This research project aimed to investigate the thinking way of medieval Japanese Buddhism and find its contemporary meaning by way of comparing it with other thoughts. In order to attain these aims, the following research activities were carried out: 1) Investigation of the medieval manuscripts preserved at Shimpuku-ji temple in Nagoya and other temples. 2) Having research meetings in 2012, inviting both Buddhist scholars and philosophers. 3) Attending and reading papers at the China-Japan research conference on Buddhism in Beijin and at the International Conference of Philosophy in Athen in 2013. 4) Japanese translation of Bernard Faure’s Unmasking Buddhism, Chinese translation of Sueki’s Essays on Pure Land Buddhism and English translation of Sueki’s Buddhism vs. Ethics.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] 宗教間対話を可能にする理論を求めて (2015)
  • Author(s): 末木文美士
  • Journal Title: 上智大学キリスト教文化研究所紀要 Volume: 33 Pages: 45-60
  • NAID: 120005887291
• [Journal Article] 栄西禅師と密教 (2014)
  • Author(s): 末木文美士
  • Journal Title: 禅文化 Volume: 232 Pages: 14-20
• [Journal Article] 死者と時間 (2014)
  • Author(s): 末木文美士
  • Journal Title: 宗教と倫理 Volume: 14 Pages: 3-19
• [Journal Article] 批判的思惟の有効性 (2013)
  • Author(s): 末木文美士
  • Journal Title: 日本の哲学 Volume: 14 Pages: 94-109
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] 親鸞像の形成 (2013)
  • Author(s): 末木文美士
  • Journal Title: 東方学報京都 Volume: 88 Pages: 221-243
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] 平安仏教論 (2012)
  • Author(s): 末木文美士
  • Journal Title: 日本思想史講座（ぺりかん社） Volume: 第1巻 Pages: 215-247
• [Journal Article] 新しい哲学を目指して (2012)
  • Author(s): 末木文美士
  • Journal Title: 福神 Volume: 16 Pages: 102-114
• [Journal Article] 災害と日本の思想（韓国語） (2012)
  • Author(s): 末木文美士
  • Journal Title: 日本評論 Volume: 7 Pages: 17-45
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Presentation] 近代仏教ーー普遍性と特殊性
  • Author(s): 末木文美士
  • Organizer: 中日仏学会議
  • Place of Presentation: 中国人民大学 (北京（中国））
  • Invited
• [Presentation] The other in Zen
  • Author(s): Fumihiko Sueki
  • Organizer: World Congress of Philosophy
  • Place of Presentation: University of Athen (アテネ(ギリシャ））
• [Presentation] 脱魔術化と再魔術化
  • Author(s): 末木文美士
  • Organizer: 日本印度学佛教学会
  • Place of Presentation: 鶴見大学
• [Book] 草木成仏の思想 (2015)
  • Author(s): 末木文美士
  • Total Pages: 261
  • Publisher: サンガ
• [Book] Buddhism vs. Ethics (2015)
  • Author(s): Sueki Fumihiko
  • Total Pages: 196
  • Publisher: International Research Center for Japanese Studies
• [Book] 浄土思想論 (2015)
  • Author(s): 末木文美士
  • Total Pages: 110
  • Publisher: 国際日本文化研究中心
• [Book] 浄土思想論 (2013)
  • Author(s): 末木文美士
  • Total Pages: 241
  • Publisher: 春秋社
• [Book] 中世禅籍叢刊 (2013)
  • Author(s): 末木文美士・米田真理子・稲葉伸道・牧野敦司・和田有希子
  • Total Pages: 581
  • Publisher: 臨川書店
• [Book] 現代仏教論 (2012)
  • Author(s): 末木文美士
  • Total Pages: 239
  • Publisher: 新潮社